Trolley-clamp.



E. E. ROSE.

TROLLEY CLAMP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6,1907. RENEWED JUNE 24, 1909.

Patentd Aug. 17. 1909.

WITNESSES:

ATTORN EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD E. ROSE, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC dz MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

TRoLLEY-bLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed May 6, 1907, Serial No. 372,163. Renewed June 24, 1909. Serial No. 504,019.

' of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to means for suspending'electric line conductors, and it has for its object to provide an improved clamping device whereby a trolley conductor may by means of a bolt 8.

be simply anddurably secured to a suitable su port.

l y improved clamping device is specially adapted foruse with grooved trolley conductors that are suspended from messenger wires or cables, but its use is not limited in this regard and it may be employed in connection with conductors of circular crosssection that are supported from bracket arms or cross-wires, in accordance with a well known practice for low potential lines.

Figure 1 of the accom anying drawings is an end elevation of a tro ey hanger embody ing my invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of the clamping device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a view, similar to Fig. 1, of a bracket form of trolley line suspension which embodies my improved trolley clamp.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, a trolley conductor 1 is suspended from a messenger wire or cable 2 by means of a hanger rod 3, a cable clamp 4 and a trolley clamp 5. The cable clamp 4 comprises a loop 6 which surrounds the cable 2 and is provided with a pair of ears 7. The upper end of the connecting rod 3 is flattened to fit between the ears 7 and is secured in position The trolley clamp 5 comprises a pair of interchangeable aw members 9 having shank projections 10, hook projections 11 and shoulder projections 12. The hook projection of one jaw member is adapted to cooperate with the shoulder projection of the other to form an open hinge joint, and the shank projections 10 together constitute a flaring screwthreaded sleeve which receives one end of the hanger rod 3. The adjacent clamping surfaces of the 'aw members may be of considerable lengt and are provided with claws 13, or are otherwise adapted to conform to the shape of the trolley conductor 1, which may be grooved in a well known manner. The adjacent surfaces of the shank projections 10 diverge so as to produce a screw-threaded flaring sleeve and, consequently, the clamping jaws are forced together when the hanger rod 3 is screwed into the sleeve. If the trolley clamp is used to support a wire of circular cross-section, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the clamping jaws may referably be provided with concave cylin rical surfaces to conform to the trolley section.

My improved trolley. clamp is of special advantage, since the parts of which it is composed are simple and interchangeable and are relatively few in number.

I claim as my invention 2 1. A clamp comprising a air of detachably hinged jaw members iaving shanks projecting therefrom to form a screw-threaded tapered sleeve, and a hanger rod the lower end of which is screwed into said sleeve to separate said shanks.

2. In a trolley clamp the combination with a pair of interchangeable jaw members having cooperating hook and shoulder projections, and shank projections which form a screw-threaded taper sleeve, of a hanger rod the lower end of which is screwed into said sleeve to force the shank projections apart.

3. The combination with supporting means, a suspended hanger rod having a screwthreaded lower end, and a trolley conductor, of a clamp comprising a pair of interchangeable jaw members which engage the trolley conductor, cooperating hook and shoulder rojections whereby they are detachably inged together, and shank projections having screw-threaded, tapered inner faces which are directly engaged and forced apart by the lower end of the hanger rod.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of April,

EDWARD E. ROSE. Witnesses:

EDWARD W. NARY, BIRNEY HINEs. 

